Mrs. Wu was feeling uncomfortable in her heart. Hearing Mrs. Chen's question, she also thought that Mrs. Chen was very tight-lipped, so she didn't have any scruples. After dismissing the servants around her, she began to gossip about the Shen family: "...it is said that Mr. Shen came here because he didn't want to stay under the same roof with Mrs. Shen. You said, what's the point of a woman acting like this? But I see Mrs. Shen like that, but she is very contented, and she doesn't feel that she has done anything wrong Don't talk about caring about Mr. Shen's daily life at ordinary times, even if he speaks, he doesn't have a good word."
Mrs. Chen was stunned, and said: "Then what is Mrs. Shen doing in Lai'an this time? It's almost the first day of October!"
Of course Mrs. Wu didn't know, but this didn't stop her from being curious about it.
A few days later, Mrs. Wu came to visit Yu's house. She pulled Mrs. Chen and whispered: "I found out clearly that Mrs. Shen and Mr. Shen really have a bad relationship."
Although Chen is not a person who likes to take the initiative to inquire about other people's private affairs, she still likes to hear gossip that interests her.
"You can even inquire about such things!" She looked at Mrs. Wu in admiration, and peeled an orange for Mrs. Wu herself.
"Isn't this just a coincidence?" Mrs. Wu didn't bother to eat the orange, she held the orange in her hand and whispered to Mrs. Chen, "After you came home that day, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that you were right. It's time to worship the ancestors. Aren't all the wives in the family are so busy that they don't touch the ground? How can Mrs. Shen still have time to go around? I told our master, pretending that I didn't know anything, and sent my confidant My son brought some snacks made at home to the county government office, and said that he heard that Mrs. Shen was coming, so he specially gave them to Mrs. Shen. But it happened so coincidentally, when our mother-in-law sent the snacks, she happened to meet Shen The wife and Mr. Shen are arguing."
"Ah!" Chen was very surprised.
Mrs. Wu sighed: "Our mother-in-law didn't think about it either, and didn't know what to do at the time. Fortunately, all the teachers in the county school have gone to class, and the servants and mother-in-law don't know why. No, no one else was there. My mother-in-law was in a dilemma at the time, but she heard it clearly. I heard that Mrs. Shen was entrusted by someone else to come to Lin'an specially to accompany a young lady from another family."
Mrs. Chen knew about this.
She heard what Yu Tang said.
She also knew that Mrs. Shen lived in Pei's house because of this.
"Mrs. Shen has gone too far." Mrs. Chen disapproved of Mrs. Shen's choice, and said, "But the two of you shouldn't quarrel over this matter so that the servants will laugh at you?"
Mrs. Wu smiled pointedly at Mrs. Chen.
Chen said: "Is there anything else I don't know?"
Mrs. Wu smiled and said, "You will know after listening to me."
Mrs. Chen listened attentively.
Mrs. Wu continued to whisper: "It's nothing at all. There are no three or four friends in the family. The blame is here. When Mr. Shen heard this, he flew into a rage. He pointed at Mrs. Shen's nose and called her hypocrisy. He also said that Mrs. Shen looked at him with a clean look, and now she is not bowing her head for the rich, like a matchmaker. If Mrs. Shen still wants to show face, she should move out of Pei's house quickly. "
As a woman, it is a bit embarrassing to be accused by her husband like this.
Mrs. Chen let out an "ah", and frowned in disapproval of Mr. Shen.
Mrs. Wu sighed: "When I heard our mother-in-law say this, I was also anxious, thinking that if Mrs. Shen did something wrong in a fit of anger, I only hope that our mother-in-law is alert enough, Can hold Mrs. Shen.
"But who knows that Mrs. Shen is not a fuel-efficient lamp at all.
"Listening to what Mr. Shen said, not only did he not go away heartbroken or refute, but he began to criticize Mr. Shen in a sneer. He said that Mr. Shen thought that others should be like him because he said that he had no ability and did not make progress. The family of the rich and powerful just hide away. Others think that he is cynical and jealous of those who are more capable than him, but he is still self-righteous, thinking that he is arrogant and does not disturb the world... In short, every sentence is thorny, our mother-in-law Zixue can't even learn it.
"Mr. Shen may have been overwhelmed by Mrs. Shen's words at the time. He grabbed the tea cup at hand and threw it at Mrs. Shen. He also yelled that if Mrs. Shen didn't move to the county school within two days or When he returned to Hangzhou, he went to Pei's house to invite Mrs. Shen himself. Mrs. Shen was so angry that he told Mr. Shen again, satirizing Mr. Shen, saying that Mr. Shen only allowed himself to set fires and not allow others to light lamps. He also flattered the Gu family. That's all, she helped the Gu family with something, and Mr. Shen yelled to kill him, just to cover up his incompetence and the embarrassment that he wanted to curry favor with the Gu family but couldn't. She was not Mr. Shen. She wanted to do it for her family If Mr. Shen can go to Pei's house, she can go directly to Gu Chaoyang and tell Gu Chaoyang that Mr. Shen messed up this matter. Let's see how Mr. Shen confesses to the Gu family and how he behaves in front of Gu Chaoyang. Act like a master!"
"Gu Chaoyang?" Chen guessed, "Could it be Miss Gu's brother?"
Mrs. Wu immediately cried out when she heard this, and accused Mrs. Chen of dissatisfaction: "So you know everything! You pretended to know nothing in front of me! It's in vain that I treat you as my own sister, and put everything first. Let me tell you..."
"No, no." Chen panicked.
She used to be bedridden, and she was the closest to Mrs. Wang. She never had a friend like Mrs. Wu. She cherishes the friendship with Mrs. Wu very much.
"I heard our family A Tang say it once before, but I didn't take it to heart." She hastily defended, "After hearing what you said, it's just a guess."
Mrs. Wu thought about it, and felt that there was no need for Mrs. Chen to hide it from her. If she was to blame, she also blamed herself for not asking Mrs. Chen well beforehand.
She immediately forgave Mrs. Chen, put the little unhappiness in her heart behind her, and said, "So, you know it too!"
"Know what?" Chen asked confusedly.
"Oh, don't obey the rules of a gentleman not to listen to indecent words in front of me," Mrs. Wu said with some dissatisfaction, "I'm not that talkative person either. Tell me what you said. Tell me, people outside will definitely not say a word, I will rot this matter in my stomach."
Chen really didn't react.
Mrs. Wu said unhappily: "Then Mrs. Shen just got the benefits of the Gu family and came here to be a matchmaker for Miss Gu?"
Chen was dumbfounded.
Satisfied, Mrs. Wu said, "Did you guess it right? I'll just say it. I'm not that talkative person. If it weren't for you, I definitely wouldn't have said it."
Mrs. Chen hurriedly said: "No, where did you hear that Mrs. Shen came to match Miss Gu on a special trip? Miss Gu has also lived in Pei's house. We are all people who have children, even if we want to give them to our own family. A girl is a matchmaker, and it is impossible to allow her own girl to live in someone else's house like this!"
Mrs. Wu looked at Mrs. Chen carefully, and seeing that Mrs. Chen was not trying to excuse her, she hesitated and said, "Did you really not see it?"
Chen's head shook like a rattle.
Mrs. Wu sighed, half mocking herself and half jokingly said: "Look at you, I think I'm quite accurate in judging people. I thought you were reliable before, but you are not reliable at all."
Chen couldn't laugh or cry.
Mrs. Wu stopped going around and said, "Think carefully about what kind of person Mr. Shen is, and then think carefully about what Mr. Shen said. Although we women should not talk to men, this matter is indeed Shen The wife is not honest. Even if she wants to earn a future for her son, she can't be so humble and let Mr. Shen's face live! I don't know if Mr. Shen's son knows about it. If he knows But he didn't stop his mother, I think Mr. Shen doesn't need to have this son..."
Mrs. Chen listened to Mrs. Wu's nagging with her left ear, and ran out of her right ear. She was confused for a while before thinking about this matter, and left the person involved, Ms. Gu, as Mrs. Wu said. The more I thought about it, the more it happened.
She couldn't help but said: "Even so, is there no one to teach Miss Gu? And Mrs. Shen, since it was entrusted by others, why don't you mention the Gu family?"
Mrs. Wu looked at Mrs. Chen and shook her head, and said, "I said you are an honest person, and you are really an honest person."
Chen was puzzled.
Mrs. Wu said in a soft voice: "Think about it, who is Ms. Gu? She has a marriage contract with the Li family! Mrs. Shen is certainly entrusted by someone, but suddenly mentioning it like this, you say, Mrs. Pei Will people agree?"
Chen shook her head.
If she was from Pei Lao'an, she would definitely not want to marry such a daughter-in-law.
It's not that Ms. Gu is not good, but that the Gu and Li families have withdrawn their marriage, which is obviously dominated by the Gu family. The Pei family and the Li family are fellow countrymen, and they can't see each other when they look up. This incident made the Li family unhappy, and created a rift with the Li family!
Mrs. Wu said: "That's why Mrs. Shen brought Miss Gu to live in Pei's house! It's just to play the card of long-term love!"
Chen's eyes widened.
Although Mrs. Wu's words did not explain clearly, Mrs. Chen already understood. She said: "Then, isn't the third master of the Pei family going to be engaged to Miss Gu's family?"
"I heard that Miss Gu is not only virtuous and virtuous, but also very beautiful." Mrs. Wu said quietly, "Then Mrs. Shen is not a fool, since she dared to come forward, she must have come to Lin'an because she felt confident. "After finishing speaking, she was a little unconvinced and said: "Although there is no girl of the right age in our family, and even if there is a girl of the right age in our family, it is not our turn to marry the Pei family, but no matter how I think about it, I feel uncomfortable. How can Ms. Gu be worthy of Master Pei San! Mrs. Shen's doing so is indeed a bit unkind."
After hearing this, Mrs. Chen hesitated and said: "You can't say that. We all know who the Li family is. Ms. Gu is also a victim!"
Mrs. Wu retorted: "The Gu family and the Li family didn't inquire clearly before they got engaged, and they weren't baby relatives. But the Gu family resigned when something happened to the Li family. It can be seen that the Gu family is very particular about gains and losses. I think, how can a family like the Gu family be worthy of Master Pei San!"